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Looks awesome Glenn, glad to see you're getting stuck into it again!

I'll have to drop around for a look soon.

The Torana hatch is definitely a shape that can be made look very nice. Big arse flares are certainly a good start to that!

Started extending one of the front flares, thought I would try the tape and bog trick.

Cut the bottom off the flare and screwed both parts to the guard.

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Put masking tape across the two.

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Mixed up some bog and towelled over the tape and also cut some tig filler rod that I pushed into the bog to give it some extra support.

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After the bog was dry I remover the flare and fibreglassed the inside.

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Still needs a lot of work but should come up ok.

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Got the other side flares done and put it on the ground to see how it looks.

This is with no springs sitting on the bump stops to check clearances.

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This is at standard ride height, will probably lower it about 20mm.

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Decided to try and for Currie Enterprises Johnny Joints to the front caster rods since the rubbers are flogged out.

I think these will be ok considering they are used in the suspension of 3 ton rock crawlers and the engineer is happy with them because of the urethane bush.

It's a pity it wasn't 0.4mm bigger in diameter then it could have been pressed in and not have to weld it.

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Tapped a new thread for the grease nipple through the castor rod and lined it up with the grease nipple hole in the johnny joint then welded it on both sides.

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Also dropped the motor, turbo and dump pipe back in to see if the brake line will clear and be far enough away from the exhaust.

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Started filling in the gap from cutting the body to clear the tyres, because I've had to cut so high I had to weld the two inner panels together first.

The fun of welding through tar, body deadener and paint.

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Little bit of rust in the lower 1/4 so easier to just cut the whole section out as this is covered by the flare.

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One side done.

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I always liked the drop tank style look on the old SLR5000 Toranas.

If you wanted to keep that style, maybe you could speak to Julian at Aftermarket Industries about a fuel cell setup that replicates that and incorporates baffling and a surge tank internally.

He does amazing work and comes highly recommended for all sorts of fueling work.

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